Ammunition Shell, Not Bullet Hit Nollywood Actor, Azeez Ijaduade In Ogun – Police

 

The Ogun State Police Command has given more clarifications after popular Nigerian actor and movie director, Azeez Ololade Ijaduade was reportedly hit by a bullet in the neck.

 

A new update by the police revealed that the actor was hit by an ammunition shell, not a bullet.

 

The news of the alleged shooting filtered into social media over the night when a colleague of the victim, Abiodun Adebanjo, with the handle @iamabiodunadebanjo, posted the incident on Instagram.

 

The post read, “Please, we need help in Iperu. My director, Azeez Ijaduade, @kingzeez1, was shot by a Nigeria Police personnel.

 

The police in the state have since been brought under intense criticism over alleged unprofessionalism.

 

Reacting through a statement, the spokesperson of the state command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident, explaining that a bullet shell hit the actor in the neck.

“During the Bramaj Company end-of-year party in a hotel, a mobile policeman attached to the Chinese expatriate expended a shot into the air, and unfortunately, the ammunition shell hit one Azeez Ijaduade “m “ an actor, on the neck,” Odutola said.

 

Police claimed that he is in a stable condition

“He was rushed to hospital in Ilishan and he is in a very stable condition,” she said.

 

Odutola, however, added that the officer had been arrested, and an investigation commenced into the incident.